5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess A tier opener

LARGE

Yes, LARGE was the Wordle answer on January 20, 2024 (Wordle #945).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lɑːd͡ʒ//lɑɹd͡ʒ//læɹd͡ʒ/

Adjective

Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

“Russia is a large country. The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size. He has a large collection of stamps.”

Adjective

That is large (the manufactured size).

Noun

A thousand dollars/pounds.

“Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.”

Noun

One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, larger than a medium.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 20, 2024 (#945).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How LARGE performs as a guess

LARGE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 92 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,831 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

L___E L in the 1st position and E in the 5th position L__G_ L in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SIENT ONSET DROIT SOULY STAIN
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.44 Entropy (bits)
92 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LARGE performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,831 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LARGE ranks #1,831 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
87
3 guesses
932
4 guesses
1,140
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
14
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
38%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S U R G E
B A R G E
L A R G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LARGE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

126 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

278
142
130
122
121
98
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91
83
73
55
48
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LARGE:

12% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
6% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
6% chance
Suggested:
ONSET

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

11.8% →
HOIST 5.83 bits
6.0% →
SIENT 4.15 bits
5.5% →
ONSET 5.12 bits
5.2% →
DROIT 4.92 bits
5.1% →
SOULY 4.62 bits
4.2% →
STAIN 5.00 bits
4.1% →
SIENT 4.89 bits
4.0% →
NASTY 4.11 bits
3.9% →
PLAIT 4.24 bits
3.5% →
CHARD 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for LARGE; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

L1A1R1G2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.